TPIR Recap - 05/23/2016 (Primetime - "Survivor" Special)

[TPIRFan2000]

For the first time in nearly 8 years (the last time being the 2008 Veterans' Day special), The Price is Right is airing in primetime. Pairs of an audience member and a past contestant from the show that the special is about (in today's case, Survivor) will be called on down. There are less commercial breaks. In addition, several pricing games are getting remodels for the specials.

Episode #34SP
Taped: March 7, 2016
Models: James O’Halloran, Manuela Arbalaez, Rachel Reynolds
Mic handoff: Manuela Arbalaez

 

First four: Alysse Campbell & Rob Mariano, Latrina Reed & Joe Anglim, Thomas Walter & Cirie Fields, Jessica Sheckle & Rupert Boneham

IUFB: Firetainment rectangular fire table (granite top and powder-coated aluminum base – 2 plush, weather-resistant armchairs and 1 wind guard incl.)

Alysse & Rob	Latrina & Joe	Thomas & Cirie	Jessica & Rupert
$1,200	$1,150	$1,201	$1,202

ARP: $4,466

Jessica & Rupert will play Lucky $even for a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4x4! (3.6 L engine, 5-speed AT, 3-pc. hard top, differential rear axle, Connectivity Group, 1 year of SiriusXM Radio, paint/fabric protection)

GUESS	ARP	MONEY LEFT
	3	$7
6	2	$3
6	7	$2
4	5	$1
9	6	BROKE

LOSS

 

5. Donna Martello & Tina Wesson
IUFB: Hermes Apple Watch (stainless steel case with leather band) and 64GB iPhone 6S (3-D touch, 12MP camera, fingerprint identity sensor)

Alysse & Rob	Latrina & Joe	Thomas & Cirie	DONNA & TINA
$1,601	$1,475	$1,476	$1,600

ARP: $1,999

 

Alysse & Rob will play Most Expen$ive for:

·         65” LG 3D 4K ultra HD smart LED TV (2160p resolution, built-in Wi-Fi)

·         Vespa Sprint 50 scooter (49.9cc engine, automatic twist-and-go transmission – 1 helmet incl.)

·         Samsung steam washer (super speed technology) and electric dryer (15 cycles) from Plesser’s

PRIZES	TV	SCOOTER	WASHER/DRYER
PICK	TV
ARPs	$2,120	$4,041	$3,398

LOSS

 

6. Matthew Forsyth & Jeremy Collins
IUFB: 9-pc. Kelty camping gear (1 tent, 2 down sleeping bags, 1 pair of backpacks, etc.)

MATTHEW & JEREMY	Latrina & Joe	Thomas & Cirie	Donna & Tina
$1,200	$1,500	$1,375	$1,501

ARP: $1,410

 

Thomas & Cirie will play a remodeled Punch-a-Bunch for up to $25,000! (with Jeff Probst modeling)

SMALL PRIZE	PRICE SHOWN	H/L?	ARP
Camelbak insulated filter bottle	$45	L	$25
Cuisinart tabletop gas grill	$65	H	$120
Coleman LED lantern	$70	L	$50
Eton solar and hand turbine powered weather alert radio	$59	H	$80

 

HOLE PUNCHED	CASH	KEEP GOING?
#4	$1,000	YES
#11	$5,000	YES (Buy a dog…)
#27	$1,000	YES
#23	$25,000

WIN

It’s been nearly 2 years – but for the first time since June 19, 2014, someone won the maximum prize of $25,000 in Punch-a-Bunch! Also worth noting - Punch-a-Bunch has a new cash distribution just for this show in addition to the new paintjob: $25,000 (1), $10,000 (4), $5,000 (15), $2,500 (15), $1,000 (10), and $500 (5).

 

SCSD1

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL	BONUS SPIN
Alysse & Rob	$1,999	$0.60	$0.70	$1.30
Jessica & Rupert	$4,466	$0.65		$0.65
Thomas & Cirie	$26,685	$0.30	$0.65	$0.95

#TheWheelHasSpoken…and unusually, there is no commercial break between the first SCSD and the fourth one-bid.

 

7. Inge Garvin & Woo Hwang
IUFB: Crystal kayak (accommodates 2 – paddles incl.) and 11’ Pau Hana standup board (paddle incl.)

Matthew & Jeremy	Latrina & Joe	INGE & WOO	Donna & Tina
$2,700	$3,405	$2,000	$3,402

ARP: $3,939

 

Latrina & Joe complete a First Four sweep, and they will play a remodeled Now…or Then for a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia! (RT, 6n, deluxe sea view room at Le Meridian Kota Kinabalu – daily breakfast and full-day tour of Pulau Tiga)
ARP: $7,488

“Then” date: May 2000 (the month Survivor premiered)
The grocery products:

·         Fiji water, 700 ML - $1.99

·         Diamond fire starters, 8-ct - $2.49

·         Zatarain’s red beans and rice, 8 oz. - $1.59

·         Bumble Bee crab meat, 6 oz. - $4.19

·         Tiger Balm pain relieving ointment, 0.63 oz. - $4.79

·         Baker’s sweetened coconut flakes, 14 oz. - $4.29

ITEM PICKED	GUESS	CORRECT?
CRAB MEAT	NOW	YES
RICE	THEN	YES
OINTMENT	THEN	YES

WIN

 

8. Donald Johnson & Kelley Wentworth

IUFB: Hatteras tufted Roman arc hammock (accommodates 2, 3 plush pillows) and Home Styles tiki bar (7 storage shelves, natural teak finish – 2 stools incl.)

Matthew & Jeremy	DONALD & KELLEY	Inge & Woo	Donna & Tina
$1	$2,099	$2,400	$2,100

ARP: $2,499

 

Inge & Woo will play That’s Too Much! for a Mini Cooper Hardtop! (1.5 L engine, 6-speed MT, automatic climate control, center arm rest)

PRICE	$19,334	$20,575	$21,840	$23,122	$24,431	$25,980
DECISION						THAT’S TOO MUCH!

ARP: $24,100
LOSS

Inge wanted to stop at $24,431 (the correct stopping price), but Woo wanted to keep going. Also, no break between TTM and the last one-bid.

 

9. John Eggens & Natalie Anderson
IUFB: 2 Hero4 mountable and waterproof action cameras (built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - 1 smart remote control incl.)

Matthew & Jeremy	Donald & Kelley	JOHN & NATALIE	Donna & Tina
$1,450	$801	$800	$1,111

ARP: $1,080

 

Donald & Kelley will play Double Cross for:

·         Coach leather and suede handbags (1 hobo bag, 2 carryalls, 2 shoulder bags, 1 satchel, 2 mini bags)

·         Cal Flame granite barbecue island (grill, refrigerator, elevated bar – one 33-pc. stainless steel barbecue tool set and wireless meat thermometer incl.)

HANDBAGS											BBQ ISLAND
	5								0
			6					8
				4			9
					2
				4			3
			5					0
	7								9
BBQ ISLAND											HANDBAGS
		HANDBAGS				BBQ ISLAND
GUESS		$4,230				$5,429
ARP		$4,230				$5,429

WIN

 

SCSD2

CONTESTANT	WINNINGS	FIRST SPIN	SECOND SPIN	TOTAL	BONUS SPIN
Inge & Woo	$2,499	$0.55	$0.25	$0.80
Donald & Kelley	$10,739	$0.10	$0.10	$0.20
Latrina & Joe	$11,427	$0.40	$0.60	$1.00 ***$1,000***	$0.65

 

Showcase 1 (featuring Survivor contestants Ozzy Lusth and Sierra Dawn Thomas)

·         Trip to Fiji (RT from Fiji Airways, 6n, premium ocean-view room at The Pearl Resort – daily breakfast, one 3-course dinner, unlimited non-motorized water sports, 1 massage each incl.)

·         Ford Mustang V6 Fastback (3.7 L V6 engine, 6-speed MT, all-weather floor mats)

Thomas & Cirie bid $33,199.

 

Showcase 2 (Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast – presented by Survivor’s Jeff Probst)

·         HP desktop PC (34” diagonal curved display, 24GB of RAM, 3TB hard drive)

·         500GB Xbox One with Kinect (2 wireless controllers, headset, 3 preloaded games, 5 additional games)
55” Haier LED smart HD TV
Arachnid Bull Shooter 8-player electronic dartboard (LED display)
Carrom dome hockey table (battery-operated scoring unit)

·         Toyota Prius 2 (1.8 L engine, electronically controlled CVT)

Latrina & Joe bid $30,000.

 

SHOWCASE	SC1 (FIJI/CAR)	SC2 (ROOM/HYBRID CAR)
BID	$33,199	$30,000
ARP	$32,860	$30,769
DIFFERENCE	OVER (-$339)	$769

Latrina & Joe have won $43,196 in prizes!

 

Pricing games won: 3 out of 6

Total winnings: $89,584

[JayC]

Pretty good episode, although it didn't quite feel like a primetime special. It felt like a standard daytime special episode but with two really expensive IUFBs and the one $30,000+ automobile and less commercial breaks. Otherwise the prizes weren't really increased that much. However, I thought they did a good job of incorporating Survivor without going overboard, and the contestants interacted well with the Survivor alums. And of course, it's great to see Price in primetime again!

Lucky $even was very easy, and definitely would have been won if she hadn't went so high with the 2nd digit. Most Expensive on the other hand was pretty tough, I was pretty sure the TV was right.

Very exciting to see Punch a Bunch won for just the second time since the top prize became $25,000! I liked how the reveal of the final slip went with Jeff and Drew together.

The extinguishing of the flames and saying the wheel has spoken for those who got beaten on the Big Wheel was clever. The second showcase was pretty clever also.

Not sure what to think of Now or Then's set changes. It looks a little better and less clunky, but the new sign is a little small and dull. This is also Now or Then's first primetime appearance I believe.

[TinoStar11]

Good Show.
If anything , they need to keep Punch a Bunch's Cash Breakdown Font and Colors from this show. Looks Nice.

[Off_trak]

I found it rather.... cheap, of CBS to give only the Showcase winning Survivor, a donation to their charity. The show was fun tho, and Now... or Then looks much better now that the screws holding it together aren't visible in Hi-Def.

[GuyWithFace]

This is also Now or Then's first primetime appearance I believe.

A check of the Gavazzi/Scorpz calendars shows that yes, indeed, it is.

Unless it was played on the Davidson series (which I suppose cannot be ruled out given that the Gavazzi/Scorpz lineup page for it has quite a few blank spots, and not counting the two pilots), this is its first appearance outside of the daytime Price entirely.

[Mr. Weatherman]

Well, there's certainly a lot to digest with this one...

First and foremost, the fact that primetime Price is Right has made it back to my television set after an 8 year hiatus is phenomenal -- I don't care what gimmick was used to get it there.

Now we know what a Mike Richards' produced primetime show looks like, and quite frankly, I wasn't disappointed. Overall, I felt it was a good production, all things considered. I'll save further judgement until I've seen the remaining two shows, but hopefully more primetime episodes will come from this experiment of sorts.

People complain about how the budget was spent. I really don't think it was that bad. The Jeep Wrangler in Lucky $even was the perfect vehicle for the occasion and carried a price tag over $32K (still relatively expensive) with an incredibly generous setup. A loss was not intended there. The other games also saw nicely beefed up prize budgets with simple setups, and in no way can I complain about that.

In fact, I saw many parallels to how the budget was spent here compared to the typical Dob-produced primetime show. We just didn't get a Cadillac or a Corvette, and the showcases were only modestly sexed-up, but overall, the prizes were still more expensive in about every aspect than they would be in the typical daytime show. Plus, these specials are more about plugging the reality shows than they are about super extravagant prizes, unlike with the Million Dollar Spectacular series, so I'm not sure we should really be expecting anything greater in that regard. Now, if this was an MDS or equivalent-type special, I would be a bit disappointed, but it wasn't, so I'm not.

Also, we still have two more shows to go, so maybe we'll still get a 3 Strikes or Golden Road playing!

Just when I started to gripe about there only being one $25,000 slip on the board, I be damned if Punchy wasn't won! I'll also say the new paint job looks spiffy. Can't say it was necessary, but to me, it looks no better or worse than the old design.

Really, my only complaint is with the Survivor castaways themselves. I love Woo, but his persistence cost Inge that car in TTM, hands down. She and her husband were dead set on stopping, but no, we have to go one more because apparently all of the castaways up in their little corner of the studio happen to be car salespersons or something. While a little influence over the contestants is okay just for fun, it should never have reached the level it did in TTM, and that loss left kind of a sour taste in my mouth after what had really been a pretty good show to that point.

And one more complaint: as much as I like the Survivor theme music, it got old after its first playing, yet it continued to be played another I don't know how many times, which was far too many.

[magic#92]

Not sure what to think of Now or Then's set changes. It looks a little better and less clunky, but the new sign is a little small and dull.

That's not the permanent sign.  It uses the "Survivor" font, as seen here:
http://www.dafont.com/survivant.font?text=NOW+OR+THEN&psize=s

If anything , they need to keep Punch a Bunch's Cash Breakdown Font and Colors from this show. Looks Nice.

That's the "Survivor" font, too.

[thepriceis_J]

I really liked it. Thought it was well done. This wasn't a Million Dollar Spectacular, I wasn't expecting everything to be through the roof. It was nice.

Lucky $even wasn't screaming to be won, but I knew that for the lead-off primetime special they'd definitely ease up. A shame they overpriced the Jeep by so much.

I was so happy that finally, Adam let the camera stay zoomed out and let the door open all the way to reveal all the prizes in Most Expensive before zooming in and panning to each of them. A much better reveal. I don't know if time prohibits him in daytime, but please port it over. Thank you. Oh and the new floor rug? Decal? It looks nice, but the old one didn't make the floor look as bare and I've like how it filled up some of the white since the current set was introduced.

Punch-A-Bunch was just great. The show definitely needed something like that to really elevate the show. A fine reveal by Drew, in my opinion. Definitely should've been more than top prize on the board, but who cares now!? It was won!

I...don't know if I like even MORE yellow on Now...or Then. Now it's popping a bit too much. You've got to watch that line when you're working with the color yellow before you cross from pop to blinding.

A shame TTM was lost that way. Can't escape some of the daytime habits in primetime. I really like the new color scheme. That's a really cool blue (looks to be the same as Punch-A-Bunch) and works well with the game.

Again, I wasn't expecting the show to blow the doors off with extravagant showcases, but I was still surprised at how cheap they were, but only because of what was in the showcases themselves. Some of the items (particularly the Fiji trip) seemed like they'd be a bit more expensive than they ended up being.

The different breaks definitely took me for a loop, but I liked it. I'm disappointed they didn't (or really, probably couldn't) use the extra time for a better lineup, but I think with some of the other stuff they had going on, this was okay. It perhaps would've been nice not to have had the common car pairing of L7/TTM, but the setups weren't that bad. Certainly not the worst lineup.

Most Expen$ive
Punch-A-Bunch
Punch-A-Bunch's Distribution
Now...or Then 1
Now...or Then 2
That's Too Much

[shell_game]

I was so happy that finally, Adam let the camera stay zoomed out and let the door open all the way to reveal all the prizes in Most Expensive before zooming in and panning to each of them. A much better reveal. I don't know if time prohibits him in daytime, but please port it over. Thank you. Oh and the new floor rug? Decal? It looks nice, but the old one didn't make the floor look as bare and I've like how it filled up some of the white since the current set was introduced.

Most Expen$ive
Punch-A-Bunch
Punch-A-Bunch's Distribution
Now...or Then 1
Now...or Then 2
That's Too Much

I like the old floor rug better, but I think that the new decal on the floor, being smaller, allowed them to place it closer to the prizes.  In fact, it allowed them to place the prizes and props closer together, allowing for a tighter shot that included everything.  Maybe this is why Adam showed everything together first like the old days.  I agree, a much better reveal.

I also liked the other changes.  The modifications to Now...or then and Punch-a-Bunch were minimal, keeping with the old styles yet doing just enough to class them up a bit.  I'm indifferent to the change to That's Too Much.

[pannoni1]

It was a pretty good special, but definitely had that slightly feel that you wanted to a little more- mainly, the sports/luxury car. In terms of budget, I'd rank it above a standard daytime show but below the 1986 primetime specials and even in raw terms, Dream Car and Big Money weeks, and quite frankly, comparable to a Kennedy episode in terms of overall prize budget. Although $1,000 as a minimum for one-bids is better than $500 in daytime, remember that was close to the minimum also for the '86 specials ($999) meaning that with inflation, it's loses its sparkle, although a couple of the prizes were nice. Given that a cellphone as a bonus prize in a pricing game in '86 (back when it was cutting edge technology) was offered where today's daytime frequently has calling plans and last night's didn't says something. I've also seen on some special daytime shows a $1500 minimum for one-bid items. This would have been a great show to do ME for three trips (all former Survivor locations, of course) just like on the first '86 special.


Nice win in Punch-A-Bunch. I'm fine with the dollar amounts for this and Plinko (remember in the '86 Specials, Plinko used the same amounts as daytime, so the higher intermediate amounts will be a decent bonus along with the more frequent intermediate Punch amounts).


I also can't complain too much about the money on the Wheel since once again, as on the '86 Specials, the dollar amounts were the same as daytime.

The games were fairly setup IMO, with Lucky $even being quite reasonable, but was done away by a poor first digit pick (the common way to lose on higher-priced cars).

If anything, the showcases are what had the lowest budget. IMO no showcases below $30,000 should be offered in primetime nowadays, and . Just look at the showcases on the first '86 special: Australia/Hot Tub/Pontiac Firebird convertible (instead we get a base ragtop Mustang) and the Mexican Riviera/Ski Boat/Cadillac (a base Prius instead last night) on the second. The fact is that the combined showcase offerings last night were over $11,000 less than they were in the first 1986 special, and this is before inflation!

In terms of set changes, I like how the wedges in Now or Then is somewhat easier to read, and of course Punch-a-Bunch following the current trend (and quite honestly is closer to the original color scheme). Slight redos in Most Expensive and That's Too Much also didn't bother me.

Although there are fewer commercials in primetime, remember that with nine extra contestants and with all of the Survivor references, the pacing didn't feel much different from a daytime show. Still, where the runtime back in 1986 was 48-49 minutes, 41-42 minutes is on par with a daytime show from back then meaning that we still won't see as many longer games/non-two prize showcases like we once did.

I'd expect to see a lot of furniture/houseware items offered for tonight's Big Brother.

[Casey]

I really thought the update for Now or Then looked great!  It is just a modern, fresh update, but it looks so much better with the rest of the set now. 

[wrikent3500]

and had Thomas and Cirie won the $ 26,000 on the wheel.... ($ 52,350)...they would have been the biggest pre-showcase winners of all-time or close to it

[Mr. Weatherman]

and had Thomas and Cirie won the $ 26,000 on the wheel.... ($ 52,350)...they would have been the biggest pre-showcase winners of all-time or close to it

Please explain what you mean by this, as there have been multiple instances of contestants winning that amount of money in prizes or greater prior to the showcases, both in primetime and daytime. Hell, we once had a freakin' million dollars won in Clock Game!

[CJBojangles]

and had Thomas and Cirie won the $ 26,000 on the wheel.... ($ 52,350)...they would have been the biggest pre-showcase winners of all-time or close to it

Not even close to accurate.

[Wayoshi]

and had Thomas and Cirie won the $ 26,000 on the wheel.... ($ 52,350)...they would have been the biggest pre-showcase winners of all-time or close to it

Were you high when making this post?